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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, MARcH 12, 2022
SPORTS
Seaside rallies for win
over Philomath, 62-61
Seaside’s eighth grade Riptide team.
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
The last time they took
part in a 4A state tourna-
ment, the Seaside boys bas-
ketball team walked off the
court as a loser in the 2019
state championship, when
the Gulls came up on the
short end of a 62-56 loss to
Banks in the title game in
Forest Grove.
Fast forward to 2022. A
different location, but the
Seaside Seagulls are still a
traditional power in 4A boys
basketball.
And — as of Thursday
night — still the favorite to
at least reach the tournament
finale, since 4A basketball
hasn’t played a champion-
ship game without Seaside
since 2015.
In addition, for the fourth
state tournament in a row
(no tournaments in 2020
and 2021) an all-Cow-
apa League final took
another step closer to real-
ity, when Banks defeated
No. 1-ranked Marshfield in
Thursday’s late game.
Not deterred by a lit-
tle 20-point deficit in the
first half, the Gulls clinched
their spot in the Final Four
with a 62-61 victory over
Philomath Thursday after-
noon at North Bend High
School, as Seaside’s Cash
Corder drained a 3-pointer
with 9.2 seconds left for the
game-winner.
Ironically, Philomath is
the last non-Cowapa League
team to win a 4A boys bas-
ketball state title.
Seaside was set to play
Junction City on Friday in a
semifinal game.
It was the Warriors who
came out firing in the first
half of Thursday’s game,
as they turned an early 5-4
deficit into a 25-7 lead late
in the first quarter, follow-
ing a 3-pointer by Cole
Beardsley.
Philomath’s largest lead
came late in the second
period, a layup by Chad Rus-
sell off an assist from Beard-
sley for a 38-18 advantage.
But the Gulls just stuck
with their brand of basket-
ball, relying on 3-pointers to
get themselves back in the
game.
Seaside made four triples
in the second quarter, the
Riptide eighth grade
team takes third at state
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
John Gunther
Surrounded by North Bend defenders, Seaside’s Ever Sibony looks to get off a shot in Thursday’s game.
NOT DETERRED BY A LITTLE 20-POINT DEFICIT
IN THE FIRST HALF, THE GULLS CLINCHED THEIR
SPOT IN THE FINAL FOUR WITH A 62-61 VICTORY
OVER PHILOMATH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AT NORTH BEND HIGH SCHOOL, AS SEASIDE’S
CASH CORDER DRAINED A 3-POINTER WITH 9.2
SECONDS LEFT FOR THE GAME-WINNER.
Seaside’s eighth grade
girls basketball team brought
a successful end to the 2021-
22 season last weekend in
Redmond, where the Riptide
earned a third place finish at
the Oregon Middle School
Basketball Championship.
The team is coached
by Chris Corder and Scott
White, and team mem-
bers include Kate Barendse,
Ella Brenden, Carly Corder,
Kim Cristobal, Mya Feeney,
Kylie Keranen, Lili Miller,
Shyra Rainey and Makenna
White.
Coach Corder said the
team “battled some tough
competition all season, play-
ing both the tournament cir-
cuit (at locations such as Ore-
gon City, Sisters and Seaside)
as well as the middle school
league schedule,” with the
Riptide finishing 8-0.
The state championship
event requires qualification
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last three by Ever Sibony,
who brought the Gulls back
to within 38-27 at halftime
after back-to-back 3-point-
ers in the final minutes of
the first half.
And the Gulls picked up
where they left off to start
the second half, and their
state Player of the Year can-
didate singlehandedly led
the charge.
Sibony scored on a steal
and layup to start the third
quarter, and scored twice
off steals later in the period
to bring Seaside to within
42-37.
Philomath, meanwhile,
lost starting forward Logan
Carter to a foot injury in
the first half, and went cold
from the field in the third
quarter.
And the Warriors just had
no answer for Sibony, who
scored 12 points in the third
and helped Seaside pull to
within 47-46 going to the
fourth quarter.
The Gulls — who out-
scored Philomath 37-21 over
the second and third quarters
— tied the game 53-53 on a
layup from Conner Langmo
with 4:48 left, then took the
lead, 58-56, when Sibony
hit a free throw line jumper
at the 2:53 mark.
Seaside lost Carson
Kawasoe and Jared White to
fouls, and the Warriors took
advantage, making 5-of-6
free throws to grab a 59-58
lead on two foul shots by
Jacob Peters with 1:15 left.
With Philomath still
leading 61-59 following a
timeout with 16 seconds
left, Corder was cash on a
3-pointer to give the Gulls
the game-winning points
with 9.2 seconds remaining.
The Warriors committed a
turnover as time ran out.
Sibony finished with a
game-high 25 points, fol-
lowed by Corder (18) and
Langmo (14), as the Gulls
shot 51 percent (20-for-39)
from the field.
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Corder said, “It had been
a goal of ours to get there all
season for some redemption,
after not placing in 2020.”
Seaside came out strong
and defeated Elmira 52-26,
followed by a 52-37 win over
West Salem, before Cascade
beat the Riptide 46-30 in a
semifinal.
In the third place game,
Seaside faced Henley, which
had defeated the Riptide in
a close game earlier in the
season.
In the rematch, Seaside
led for most of the game, but
lost two starters to fouls with
five minutes left, and trailed
by six points.
But the Riptide rallied,
sparked by a three-point play
from Carly Corder and back-
to-back 3-pointers from Fee-
ney and Corder, eventually
gaining an eight-point lead
on their way to a 50-40 win.
Corder had 16 points
and Brenden added 11 for
Seaside.
Baseball — Knappa at Warrenton, 3:30 p.m.
Softball — Yamhill-Carlton at Asto-
ria, 4:30 p.m.; Seaside at Vernonia (2),
3 p.m.; Knappa at Warrenton, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
SEASIDE 62, PHILOMATH 61
PHILOMATH (61): Ty May 18; Cole
Beardsley 13; Cole Matthews 9; Cam-
eron Ordway 9; Chad Russell 7; Jacob
Peters 5; Isaac Lattin; Carson Gerding;
Preston Kramer; Logan Carter. Totals
21-42 14-23 61.
SEASIDE (62): Ever Sibony 25; Cash
Corder 18; Conner Langmo 14; Tanner
Kraushaar 3; Carson Kawasoe 2; Aus-
tin Palmer; Izzy Jantes; Jordan Wester-
holm; Jared White. Totals 20-39
13-17 62.
Philomath 25 13
9 14—61
Seaside
9 18 19 16—62
3-point FG: Philomath 5-12 (Beards-
ley 2, Matthews 2, Ordway); Seaside
9-16 (Sibony 4, Corder 4, Kraushaar).
Fouled out: Seaside, White, Kawasoe.
Rebounds: Philomath 23 (Beardsley 4,
May 4, Matthews 4); Seaside 23 (Corder
5, Palmer 5). Assists: Philomath 13
(Beardsley 6); Seaside 9 (Sibony 3). Total
fouls: Philomath 14, Seaside 18. Turn-
overs: Philomath 10, Seaside 13.
Moda Health Players of the Game:
Cole Beardsley, Philomath; Ever
Sibony, Seaside.
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